09 December 2007

Operative word: had.
When it snows in the Seattle area, it doesn't stick around for long. By the time I got my camera out and took a picture of the kids snowman, he looked like this...
Poor thing fell over and melted away before our very eyes in the pouring rain. Can you see the tiny bit of head left and the orange spot laying next to it. That's the nose; a carrot (which a wild bunny probably ended up eating). Those two twigs flayling around (imagine it) were once arms. All the dirt and pine needles are another sign that it's Seattle. All snowballs contain a pine needle or two.

funny as i call my sister in woodinville and she tells me church is canceled. 'how much snow did you get?' i ask. 'four inches' she says. 'huh' i say as i just come in from 7 inches of snow and all three hours of church. difference between utah and washington. also those darned hills. well, and their snow doesn't 'crunch' under your tires.

I LOVE your work! I'm so glad you found me on facebook! So, i was sitting in my photo class and I looked at your website (which i absolutely love) and hey you know ava feltenburger? I was so excited to see her! what a cute!

the archives...

baby names...

I have a peeve about names and name spellings. I'm not the boss of anyone and their name rights, but I do have an opinion and am not afraid to use it ;)

I don't understand the fetish of spelling a name completely different or making up some bizarre one for that kid to "stand out."

How 'bout you teach Chris self-esteem, confidence, and the strength to "stand out" by being a great musician, artist, student, humanitarian, friend, hard worker, etc. instead of making Khrys have to spell/explain his name for everyone he comes in contact with for the REST OF HIS LIFE?

If you find your or your kids name(s) on this list don't get bent out of shape. Hopefully you are confident in yourself to realize that not everyone will agree with you in life and you decided when you picked the name (or chose not to legally change it as an adult) that it doesn't matter what people think because you like it.

If you're in the market for baby names (if you've already named your child this, it's all good; I'm talking about future born children here), DO NOT name your kid these overused names (including the different spelling variations):
(How do people NOT know these are popular?)

Sophie

Jaden

Addison

Ella

Madison

Kate

Jane

Ava

Connor

Joshua

Isabelle/Isabella/Bella

Emma

Isaac

Olivia

Jacob

Zachary

Kaitlyn

Noah

Emily

Jackson

Aiden

Some of my favs lately...

Joss

Dax

Monte

Benton

Dane

Hugh

Murphy

Stella

Maddox

Jillian

Landon

Mack

Scarlett

Portia

Wade

Lucas

Asher

Finley

Jon

Vivian

Sofia (if you're stuck on Sophie, I like the European spelling)

Davis

Miller (what's with me and last names as first names?)

Some names that should be off-the-market (like retiring a sports jersey number), for obvious reasons...